NEWCOMER # 5
REALIZATION
~~Apple Blossom

Li sat in his apartment with a sad frown. ¡®Why am I like
this? Without Sakura around I feel so empty. Eversince I have
first met her......¡&hibar; He drifted away in his thoughts as he had those
flashbacks.......
**Flashback**
¡°Give me the cards!¡± Li grabbed at the cards she was protecting
with a hand that came so instinctevly to protect them. It was as
if she cared for the cards. He wrestled with her stubborn hand
clamping her red pocket shut. ¡®Shes so strong! Stronger than I
thought!¡&hibar; Li thought with suprise as she fought him like a
despreste wildcat. ¡®But she looks weak and scared. I AM
stronger than her.¡&hibar; He increased the pressure on her already
bruised hands with a strange guilt in his heart. He felt relief, Yes,
relief when Touya ( Tory) came and picked him up to protect her.
He saw Yukito and blushed. It was because he saw how the
Sakura girl stared at Yukito with those loving green eyes. Then
he he ran as the lucky guy turned to him and handed him a pork
bun.
**End Flashback**
¡°I don¡&hibar;t care about her! I don¡&hibar;t!¡± He denied the insisting
feeling in the back of his heart. He took up his sword, trying to
shake off the strange alien feeling. ¡°Now to the more important
things.¡± He said outloud. ¡°Where would Sakura be?¡± He felt a
sudden coldness in his heart. ¡®What--what if she could never
come back and she leaves me like this?!¡&hibar; Li hit his head with the
back of his palm. ¡°Baka! ¡° He said out with gritted teeth. ¡°I do
not love her!¡± He turned on the radio to soothe his frayed nerves.
¡° Oh I¡&hibar;ll tell you something, I think you will understand.....Oh I¡&hibar;ll
tell you that something, I want to hold your hand! I want to hold
your hand, I want to hold your hand.¡±
Li turned off the radio with a groan. That was no help.
~~~~~~
Sakura sat in the big house and stared at the older man
that said he was taking care of her. ¡°Sakura Avalon....¡± Sakura
yelped. ¡°You know stalking is illeagal, Right?¡± He sweatdropped.
¡°Sakura Avalon....¡± He reapeated patiently. ¡° I know you are a
card captor, In fact, I work with magic myself. I am Saoren .¡± He
said with a strangely familiar voice. ¡°Uh....¡± Sakura said with a
strange look. ¡° You are looking for the future card are you not?
Well, Apple Blossom is a friend of mine. She was sent there by
me. You must also help me by capturing the future
card....without letting your soul trapped by the dangerous claws
of this card. Being caught twice is--.¡± He stopped. Sakura
scratched her head. ¡°Hoe??¡± She suddenly saw a familar picture
and started to walk over to it. Saoren shot up and slammed the
picture onto its front. Sakura jumped back. ¡°Hooeeeeee!!!¡± She
wailed. ¡°Sorry....¡± Saorens face suddenly softened, they seemed
to be filled with a strange type of.....love. Sakura gulped as his
amber brown eyes searched hers, for what? He stopped and took
her hand, it fitted his hand snugly. Sakuras small white hands
were engulfed by the tanner larger ones. ¡°Come on, I¡&hibar;ll show you
around.¡± Sakura reluctantly followed.
~~~~~~
Apple Blossom held her wand with a distressed look while
holding Kara chan with another mittened hand. She was wearing
a oversized pink sweatshirt with grey sweatpants. ¡° Hoe! I casn¡&hibar;t
find a sign of her.¡± Suddenly, her eyes brightened. ¡°Oh!! I got
it!!!!!!¡± She took out her things while shuffling things around a
bit. Li sweatdropped while Kero was munching away on a donut,
playing a gameboy. They were standing on the exact same spot
where they had last seen Sakura. Apple Blossom took out a lasin
board, exactly like Lis!! Li gaped. She turned to Li when the blue
light pointed at him. ¡° You have the time card. I need it. I¡&hibar;ll give
it back.¡± Li looked at the girl distrustfully. ¡°Humph.¡± But still
anything to get Sakura back. ¡°Watcha gonna do with that?¡± Li
and Kero asked. Apple Blossom turned. ¡°I am taking us all to the
future. I think weather was not trying to hurt Sakura but was
merely trying to do a bidding made by dad.¡± Apple Blossom
threw up the card. ¡°Clow card created by Clow, Release!!¡± A swirl
of green and blue ws seen. ¡° Hold hands!¡± She called to kero,
kara and Li. They all did. ¡°Hold tight! *grunt* Card of Time! Send
us forth to the time where I came and belong to be!¡± A flash of
green was seen. Li felt as if his arms would fall off. He opened his
eyes, which had been closed firmly before. A green aura
surrounded them. Apple Blossom and the others were looking
around as well. The time card was floating in the middle of the
circle. Their surrounding was warped. It was black, green, pink
and blue. ¡°Don¡&hibar;t let go or you will be stuck in the warp forever!¡±
Apple Blossom warned. ¡°What about Arieal?!¡± Li said. ¡°Oh? She
was sent back here a few days ago. Madison wanted to go along
so--.¡± ¡°So she was not on a vacation after all!¡± Kero pouted. A
sudden buzz made them look up. They were in a cloud. Apple
Blossom looked down. ¡°Here!¡± She grabbed her coat and took
out two papers with written words on them. ¡°Fly!!¡± She yelled.
Two huge birds appeared and She and Li both landed on one and
they flew to safer grounds. ¡°Where ARE we?¡± Li yelled out as the
two gaurdians fluttered around them. ¡° You are in Japan, Tokyo,
seven years into the future.¡± Li looked around. No changes. ¡° Yea
right?¡± he scoffed. Suddenly. ¡° Uncle Eriol!!!!!!¡± Li turned and
gaped. There was Eriol, except seven years older and much mucj
taller. ¡°O.O;¡± Li fell over. and Apple Blossom yelled out as she
fanned the brown headed boys head with her mittenes.
~~~~~
Sakura met two strange boys. Little Fox and Small Beast.
One of them had green eyes , so familiar!!, and dark brown hair
with lengthened bangs. He was quite tall and he looked quite
athelitic. Small Beast, however, had gray eyes and Blonde like
hair with darkish highlights. He stared, more like glared, at her
then smiled into a bright 100 watt smile. With that, Sakura broke
into her own 100 watt smile. One of them was 15 years old (little
fox) the other was 18 years old, (small beast). Sakura felt a
strange aura around them.strangely familair. One carried a
Amyrest sword and the other held two red daggers with rubies
on them. Sakura was uneasy. Starngely, instead of wanting
Yukito to be there she wanted Li. To protect her and help her,
and maybe even love her? ¡®HHHHOOOOOOE!!¡&hibar; She thought with
suprise. ¡®I hate that Li boy!¡&hibar; Slowly she got up and left the room.
Saoren looked after her with a strange longing in his eyes. ¡° She
would help herself. This was why she was bought up. She would
bring my wife back cause she is one with the soul of my love.¡±
The two boys nodded.
~~~~~
Li looked confused. ¡°Where am I?¡± He got up in a starnge
room decorated with marble statues of.... ¡°Sakura chan!!¡±
Pictures of Sakura was everywhere. He got up painfully, feeling
the bump on his head. He went out the door. He tiptoed over the
velvet carpet and stopped to stare at the picture of Eriol, Tomyo,
and ......Aerial?! He tapped his head and walked on. Suddenly, a
familair but faint aura was sensed.¡±Sakura!¡± He whispered as he
ran toward a closed door. The door was locked. dragging his
sword up over the marble floor, he lightninged it open and
gasped. There was the future Sakura he saw the future card take
form in. The future Sakura. Her eyes were closed, face peaceful.
Her pale pink lips did not move and her pale and delicate face
did not twitch. The beautiful adburn hair had grown some but
her figure had certinly changed. She was sleeping beauty. But,
something was wrong. She felt too empty. The aura of hers,
which was usually strong was faint and weak. He walked over to
her lightly clothed body encased in a light pink kimono. He
probed Sakura with his magic. And gasped. The void was huge,
something had taken the soul right out of the body and future
Sakura was dying. Li gathered his nerves and looked around the
empty room and went over to the silk covered bed. He lightly
kissed the future Sakuras lips, touching the cold lips with his
warm ones. Suddenly, the doors he had broken through flew
open. A figure loomed at the doorway. ¡°What are you doing in
here!¡± Li spun around and gasped. Something shiny and metallic
was pointed in his direction.

To be continued.........
Sakura~ I did not have that much of a part in here..........
Syaoran~ This is soooo boring! Where did the fighting go?!
Kero~ YEA! WHAT ABOUT ME!THIS WAS A LOUSY STORY! WHAT
ABOUT MEEEE!!
Kara~ What about me too!!
Suppi~ OOOOIIIIIII!!! *.*
Apple Blossom~ Hoe!!!?! @.@;
Eriol~ Hey! I finally came out in the story!! ^^
Madison (Tomyo)~ Where IS my camera!
Areial~ HEY! MADISON STOLE MY CAMERA!!
Madsion~ WHAWHA!! THIS IS MINE!!
Apple Blossom~ EMAIL ME!! *Trying to yell over the commotion
that has built in this room* Not too many flames as well. ^^;
Kero~ WHAT ABOUT ME!!*sees Kara eating a dounut and runs
over there*
Kara~ Yahhhh! Keep away from my dounut!!!
Everyone~ ** JA MINNA CHAN!**
Syaoran~ I really hate stories that pairs me with someone other
that Sakura. *turns green thinking about who he had been paired
up with so far* I:b
Sakura~ Me too! I only want to be paired with Syaoran kun!!
Apple Blossom~ Hoe........ *.* What does that have to do with
me?
Sakura and Syaoran~ ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!
Apple Blossom~ WAAAAHHHH!!

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